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  1. electric.mike

    Beyond Presteigne...

    coops what a great idea, flecc with his trailer full of rubbish, BaboonKing a couple of bags of cement, me with a bag of spuds. mike
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    ebike value for money or not

    just having one of my window shopping moments on the net and i came across these, no matter how good an electric bike is are they really value for money, or are suppliers of £1000 and above e bikes taking the micky.(don't know how to spell micky and not allowed to use the other word) ime not...
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    Project Q bike

    flecc as you possibly know some of what you have done is beyond me,:confused: ime intelligent enough to learn but its a slow process now, but i still can understand some of your achievements and i congratulate you on all of them. it has been a thought in the back of my mind for a...
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    Buying First Electric Bike

    flecc again we move away from electric bikes to jet propulsion:rolleyes: mike
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    Buying First Electric Bike

    i think we need a dedicated green thread, then we can keep all the co2 in one place:D :D :D
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    trailer wheels

    thanks flecc, as you haven't said don't do it will be a total disaster, (unless your just being polite) i will continue thinking along those lines, this trailer may only be used once every couple of weeks so the lubricating wont be too much of a chore. mike
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    trailer wheels

    ime still in the planning stage for my next trailer i want to get away from bicycle type wheels and try small10-12inch balloon type tyres, a smaller variation of the wheel barrow type. today i have seen a sack barrow rolson i think with just such wheels, they do have bearings and i was just...
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    Where is the Queen Ant ?

    coops i used to belong a shooting forum and i found that if the posters rifle was named it gave me more insight into what they where saying. this thread is going to be renamed the coops and electric.mike thread:rolleyes: mike
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    A Wet day in Wales

    Grandad will they have to remove there tyres to get a good contact. mike:eek:
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    Where is the Queen Ant ?

    coops as you say new member is simple and a very true description, and if descriptions are kept it would gain my support,perhaps changing to member after 50 posts, is there any need for anything else after that, we are a community of ebikers and apart from moderator and guru we could all be...
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    Where is the Queen Ant ?

    coops must admit i had changed my mind on newbie after a nights sleep. mike
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    Buying First Electric Bike

    DBCohen i would say i am with you at this stage of my life, my household carbon footprint is well bellow average and this is with a solid fuel stove, i create my own balance trying via sensible use of things to aim for a reduction of pollutants. i have worked hard all my life and now at 58...
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    Where is the Queen Ant ?

    well try these ideas flecc pedelec guru under 100 posts newbie 100-200 posts a choice to describe your type of cycling ie commuter,leisure rider,and at the discretion of the administrator award 3 titles of technical advisor(we have at least 3 members who could lighten fleccs load...
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    Budget Bikes

    Thomas are you still looking for an izip try here mike
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    next new bike help

    stuart the sakura has a pedal assist i don't know if its pedal speed or pedal pressure but you don't need the throttle for this if you use the throttle it over rides the pedal sensor ( if i have understood your question) mike
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    next new bike help

    brookesy as flecc said the cadence is up market compared with your cruiser, but as you say you would like something lighter it isn't,according to my checks it comes in at 29.6kg with the sakura at 30kg. mike
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    next new bike help

    brookesy as you can see by my signature i have the sakura cruiser and a powabyke and you are right the sakura is under rated but for me it was not powerful enough my wife at 11 stone can fly along on hers but they are a great smooth relaxed ride. i got the powabyke for more power for towing...
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    Budget Bikes

    Beeping-Sleauty you have no idea how much it cheers me up to hear a recommendation for a budget bike,a lot of hobbies and interests are started with budget buys to test the water, buying at the middle to top of the market is always best, but not always possible i bet 50%...
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    Budget Bikes

    thomasbatley budget bikes are a bit hit and miss there are probably loads that would give you an introduction to the world of ebike but not many may be recommended by members of this forum, due to the hit and miss factor. to recommend anything you need to have faith in that product, most...
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    I ran into my first problem

    flecc hope not i was told the defination of a expert--- ex, is a has been, spert is a drip under pressure:D i no i cheated with the spelling mike